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Heeb Issue #19 : The Whole Megillah

The Wasted Issue

Artist Justin Lieberman

Image by Justin Lieberman Text by Maxwell Williams

In turning The Simpsons’ Krusty the Clown (née Herschel Krustofski) into a golem, dripping obscenely in a bukkake of resin, New York-based sculptor Justin Lieberman hasn’t quite created a monster, but a fitting tribute to one of TV’s greatest Jews. The self-explanatory piece, Krusty Kast with Polymeliac Limb and Vestigial Tail (2008), was featured in the group show “Heroes and Villains” at Marc Jancou’s downtown gallery and will be part of Lieberman’s solo show at Zach Feuer Gallery (LFL) in January.

 

"Elective Affinities with Monochromatic Color Average Shift"
(diptych), 2006
Mixed media on paper
58" x 58 1/2" each

 

Agency Open House, installation view, 2007

Mixed media on paper

58" x 58 1/2" each



The Asset (handicapped), 2004

C-print

24 × 20 inches

61 × 50.8 cm

Edition 3/10

All images courtesy of the artist and Zach Feuer Gallery, New York

 

 

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jakerman says,

01.11.09 at 3:01 am

Re: Krusty the Creamed – I think we should stage a protest. A crucifix in urine is one thing, but when artists start defiling The Simpsons, well, they’ve gone too far. http://jeremykerman.blogspot.com/

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